M 5.68 in United States on 14 Apr 2026 01:29 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1535249
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.3345 , -119.0075
Event Date: 14 Apr 2026 01:29 UTC
13 Apr 2026 18:29 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2026 02:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
U NEV 0 0
nn00914068 Scaled population (raster) 0.85  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),